Make Art: Langley Anderson
The art that I most enjoy creating is photography of people, cars, and nature. My most recent work focuses on a relationship between science and art. As I walk through my garden, I find objects that intrigue me with their intricate detail: billowy curves of lichen, delicate articulations of insects, sinuous scales of snakeskin. I see a parallel between the structure of these specimens and the elements of art and design. I want to know more about the construction of these tiny subjects, so I enlarge and photograph them using microscopes. I digitally enhance the images and add vibrant hues to reveal a world of fascinating form.
This is important to me because I wish to show a mutualism between art and science. By presenting these objects in a larger format, I hope that viewers will notice what they might normally pass by.
While I currently do not have access to microscopes, I continue to collect specimens and work on editing the backlog of images that I have in my computer. To anyone who wants to make art at home, just take the time to observe. With a camera, a cell phone, or a pencil and paper, you can capture shadows, lines, texture, shapes…Challenge yourself to capture scenes from different angles and perspectives: crouch down low, peer through a fence, look up. There is so much one can learn by just looking.
You can find out more about Langley on her website at langleyanderson.com, or you can follow her on Instagram or on her Facebook page.